FfF recently partnered with KCET DEPARTURES in creating a monthly blog called FFFRIDAYS on LAND OF SUNSHINE. Every Third Friday we feature videos and articles in collaboration with others shedding light on how people, place and architecture intersect. Thanks to KCET DEPARTURES for collaborating with us and giving us the opportunity to contribute to the ...

In our March installment to FFFRIDAYS blog, we explored the architectural and urban developments of Glassell Park with Guest Writer, Maryam Hosseinzadeh, through an audio visual walk around her neighborhood. A great example of what kind architecture and history one can find just walking around. Thanks to Maryam Hosseinzadeh for sharing her findings and unique ...

TRACES No. 1: YOUTH BREAK CENTER, INC. / RADIOTRON (DIRECTORS CUT)

A small dedication to Macarthur Park in Directors Cut of TRACES No. 1: Youth Break Center, Inc. / Radiotron on our VIDEOS page.

TRACES

FfF PRESENTS: TRACES, a new series exploring the history of a place through the stories of the people. “TRACES” is a web series that features the history of a place as told by the stories of the people who were there. The architecture throughout Los Angeles is fascinating for the juxtaposed layers of time you ...

TRACES launches on KCET DEPARTURES Land of Sunshine!

We are proud to announce that our first episode of TRACES has officially launched on KCET DEPARTURES Land of Sunshine! TRACES is a short doc series on the history of places through the stories of people who were there. TRACES No. 1 goes back to 1982 with a story about the “Youth Break Center, Inc./Radiotron” ...

Contemplating architecture and music. FfF’s first music video is officially brewing. Stay tuned!

PRODUCTION PHOTOS

FfF digs into the rich history of Westlake/Macarthur Park through the stories of Carmelo Alvarez, dancer, artist activist and founder of Radiotron, a hip hop community center in the early 1980s in our first installment of TRACES, TRACES No.1… Check it out on our VIDEOS PAGE. More production photos HERE

FfF Presents: “A Different LA”, a web series that features everyday people and places of Los Angeles. With over 3.8 million inhabitants in this city and at least 224 identified languages, there is an undeniable richness to the diversity of Los Angeles waiting to be recognized. There is a unique story to be discovered in ...

“A CONVERSATION” GOES INTERNATIONAL

Maya Santos’ 2010 co-creation, “A Conversation”, was accepted in the 2011 ARCHITECTURE FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM. This year’s theme is “Think big, act small”: With “Think big, act small” the AFFR registers an optimistic movement, a counterweight against a current trend of cultural pessimism and indifference. A counter-current in which films and documentaries are used as ...

RECENT WORK

  “How Kenny Loggins Taught me how to Walk” is a story about how a girl decides to get rid of her car and experiences a new city. Written by Alissa Walker Read a nice write up on this film and Rethink/LA by Alissa Walker. Catch “Love Lost on the 405″ and others here.